From indie breakthroughs to billion-dollar franchises, Ryan Coogler built a career on integrity, collaboration, and purpose.

What happens when you track dialogue patterns across 90 years of cinema? I ran the numbers on 60,000 films to find out.

Building a filmmaking career without industry contacts can feel impossible. To explore practical solutions, I spoke to 327 experienced industry professionals. I asked them exactly what step they would ...

Cinemas have had a tough time of things recently. The rise of working from home, COVID-19, plush home cinemas, and streaming platforms offering instant access to massive libraries of movies, are all ...

Last week, to mark the release of A Minecraft Movie, I shared an old piece on LinkedIn. It was some research I had conducted six years ago which found that movies based on video games had the lowest ...

This article is part of my ‘Insider Insights’ series, in which I explore what industry professionals really think and do, combining large-scale surveys with deep data analysis to uncover hidden ...

llionaire, Megan Ellison), but that alone would not have been enough to ensure they were surviving almost 15 years after launch. Since 2011, they have built a reputation for supporting ambitious ...

Last year, I published data showing a remarkable decline in sexual content on cinema screens. Slightly less racy but equally interesting was my follow-up article a few months ago highlighting how ...

This article is part of my ‘Big Ideas’ series, in which I explore the evolving landscape of the film industry. Each instalment combines data, research, and analysis to go deep on a trend, idea or case ...